Best Kept Village poster competition

We would love as many of our children to enter into this community competition.  All entries to be in of the first day back after Easter.  Good luck everyone!

 

 

 Welcome to Jane Elson (Year 5)

I hope you have all had a fantastic summer and are ready for an exciting half term ahead. We have a lot of fun and interesting learning activities planned for you over the next few weeks.

In History and D&T, we will be stepping back in time to the medieval era as we delve into the world of castles. Get ready to roll up your sleeves and make your very own motte and bailey castles! We will also be exploring the fascinating events of the Norman Conquest and discovering how this period shaped the history of Britain.

         

In English, during our daily reading lessons, we will be diving into the award-winning novel "Holes" by Louis Sachar. Join Stanley Yelnats on his journey at Camp Green Lake and unravel the mysteries hidden within the desert. During our writing lessons, we will be will be stepping into Neil Armstrong’s space boots to discover the events which lead him to become the first man on the moon.

                         

 

We will also be having a visit from a working poet this half term, Attie Lime. More details nearer the time.

With so many engaging activities lined up, this half term promises to be a memorable one! 

Our school day

Our daily timetable is full of exciting subjects! Remember to wear your PE kit on PE days. Our PE days are on Monday and Thursday.

year 5 timetable.pdf

 

We will end our school day with a story. This half term, our end of day story will be Beetle Boy by M.G Leonard, 

                                        

Homework 

Homework will be set on Monday. This will include spellings (which will be sent home in a spelling book), a maths activity (which will be set on MyMaths) and reading entries. All homework updates will be posted on the class web page. Don't forget to bring your spelling book in every Monday. 

Maths

Maths homework will be linked to our maths topic. Below are the maths topics for the whole year. We will be starting with place value!

 

Reading 

This year Yr 5 are going to be involved in lots of different reading activities as 'Reading Champions' for the school. I will be explaining what this will entail over the next few days, but to get started below are some fabulous recommended books to read in Year 5! Can you spot Beetle Boy? Each week, aim to write 3 reading entries in your reading record book. 

Contact

If you need to contact me, please email:

a.haycock@als.jtmat.co.uk 

I will respond to emails between 8:00am and 5.30 pm during our working days.

All the best,

Mrs Haycock

 

*Quick reminder, if your child has asthma please fill out the asthma form and send back to us as soon as possible.

*We are also now on Instagram (when I learn how to use it!) where we will share photos and reports of all the wonderful things we do. Please let us know on the permissions slip, which has gone out today, whether or not you are happy for your child to be included in photos on our Instagram page.

Thank you

 

Week Beginning 08/09/2025

This week our spellings are all words ending with 'cious', see below. There are 2 pieces of maths homework on MyMaths, some Roman Numerals revision and some Place Value to get us started.

 

Week Beginning 15/09/25

This weeks spellings are words ending with 'tious' or 'ious'

ambitious        cautious

fictitious         infectious

nutritious        contentious

superstitious   pretentious

anxious           obnoxious

MyMaths homework is all about carrying on sequences of 5 and 6 digit numbers.     

 

Week Beginning 22/09/25

Spelling this week are words with the short vowel sound

'i' spelt with a 'y'

symbol                      mystery

lyrics                         oxygen

symptom                   physical

system                      typical

crystal                      rhythm

MyMaths this week is rounding to 10, 100 and 1,000

 

Week Beginning 29/09/25

Spellings this week are words with the long vowel sound 'i' spelt with 'y'

apply                     supply

identify                  occupy

multiply                 rhyme

cycle                     python

hygiene                  hyphen

MyMaths this week is column addition and subtraction, with 4 or more digit numbers

 500 Words

Look out for a letter about the 500 Words creative writing competition, that is now open for entries. We watched the Live Lesson last week, and I know some of the children have got some great ideas! For more information just go to the BBC website and type in 500 Words.

 

Week Beginning 06/10/25

We are looking forward to welcoming Attie Lime into school on Tuesday to enjoy listening to, reading and writing some poems.

Spellings - this week we are looking at homophones and near homophones.

past                   passed

proceed              precede

aisle                   isle

aloud                 allowed

affect                 effect

MyMaths - this week is using inverse operations (addition and subtraction).

 

Week Beginning 13/10/25

Our motte and bailey castle models are beginning to take shape but we need a few more, thin, cardboard boxes to help us with the last bits. If you have any to spare, it doesn't matter if they are big or small, we would be very grateful.

Spellings this week are more homophones and near homophones.

farther             father

guessed           guest

heard              herd

led                  lead

mourning         morning

MyMaths - more addition and subtraction this week, with some missing numbers problems as well.

Week Beginning 21st October 2025

We have come to the end of this half terms spellings. On the first Monday back we will have a spelling test which encompasses all of the spellings we have practised this half term.

MyMaths is all about factors and prime numbers this week.

 

Week Beginning 3rd November 2025

Welcome back, I hope you all had a restful and fun half-term. This half-term we will be making our own pencil cases in DT, learning about the Polar regions in Geography, finding out about forces in Science and of course getting excited about Christmas!

Spellings this week are all words with silent letters.

doubt               lamb

debt                 thumb

solemn             autumn

column             knight

knuckle            knot

MyMaths this week is all about multiplying and dividing by 10, 100 and 1,000

Week beginning 10th November 2025

So sorry this is late, no excuse I just completely forgot!

Spellings this weeks are words with silent letters

wrestle          wrapper

island            aisle

debris            mortgage

castle            yacht

guarantee     guilty

MyMaths  this week is some simple multiplication consolidation work. 

 

Week beginning 17th November 2025

Spellings this week are all examples of modal verbs

can              could

may             might

must            shall

should          will

would          ought

MyMaths this week is all about comparing equivalent fractions

Week Beginning 24/11/2025

Spellings this week all end with 'ment'

equipment         environment

government       parliament

enjoyment          document

management      movement

replacement       statement

MyMaths this week is all about ordering fractions

 

Week beginning 1/12/2025

Spellings-adverbs of possibility and frequency

certainly             definitely

possibly              perhaps

probably             frequently

often                  occasionally

rarely                  always

MyMaths this week is all about mixed numbers

 

Week beginning 08.12.2025

Spellings this week are challenge words!

vegetable          vehicle

bruise               soldier

stomach           recommend

leisure              privilege

occur               neighbour

MyMaths this week is consolidation of equivalent fractions

 

Welcome back and Happy New Year!

We've got another busy half-term ahead with lots of fun things to look forward to. Young voices, History Day, Safer Internet Day and Number Day to name a few. We will be sending a Home/School agreement letter with the children this week. Please take a look and discuss the contents with our child/children. We have already had a look at it together in the classroom, so hopefully the children will remember what it is about.

Week beginning 06.01.2026

Spellings - words ending in 'ity'

community         curiosity

ability                captivity

activity               sensitivity

possibility           flexibility

visibility              eternity

MyMaths - this week we are consolidating work on short multiplication

 

Week beginning - 19th January 2026

Apologies for the lack of spellings last week, I forgot to click save and publish! The children will always have them written down in their reading record books as a back up for when I mess up:)

Spellings  - words ending with the suffix 'ship'

membership             ownership

partnership               dictatorship

championship           craftsmanship

fellowship                apprenticeship

citizenship                sponsorship

 

MyMaths - this week we are consolidating work on short division using the bus stop method.

BIKEABILITY

Dear Parents/Carers

An email should hopefully be winging its way to you regarding Bikeability. If you would like your child/children to participate please use the online booking system by following the link on the email. As soon as we know how many children are participating I will sort the groups out and let you know specific dates for your child/children.

Thank You

Mrs Haycock

Week Beginning 26.01.26

Spellings - this week our spellings are homophones and near homophones

stationary          stationery

steal                 steel

who's                whose

wary                  weary

fate                   fete

MyMaths this week is multiplying non-unit fractions by an integer.

Week Beginning - 02.02.2026

Spellings - homophones and near homophones

altar                   alter

assent                ascent

bridal                 bridle

cereal                 serial

compliment         complement

MyMaths - Fractions, finding amounts and whole numbers

Week Beginning - 09.02.26

Spellings - homophones and near homophones

principal          principle

profit               prophet

descent           dissent 

desert             dessert

draft               draught

MyMaths - Consolidation of multiplying fractions

Week Beginning - 23.02.26

Spellings - words with an 'or' sound

forty               scorch

absorb            decorate

afford             enormous

category          tornado

according        opportunity

MyMaths - Fractions and decimals

Week Beginning - 02.03.26

Spellings - words with the 'or' sound spelt 'au'

pause             cause

sauce             fraud

launch            author

August            applaud

astronaut        restaurant

MyMaths - Decimals to 3 decimal places

Week Beginning - 09.03.26

Spellings - words with the suffix 'ate'

pollinate                captivate

activate                 motivate

communicate         medicate

elasticate               hyphenate

alienate                  validate

MyMaths - rounding decimals

 

Week Beginning - 16.03.26

Spellings - verbs using the suffix 'ise'

criticise                  advertise

capitalise               finalise

equalise                 fertilise

terrorise                socialise

visualise                vandalise

MyMaths - finding equivalent decimals, percentages and fractions

Week Beginning - 13.04.26

Spellings - words containing 'ough'

though         although

dough          doughnut

through        cough

trough          rough

tough           enough

MyMaths  - Perimeter and area

Week Beginning - 20.04.26

Spellings - words containing 'ough'

plough         bough

drought       brought

bought        wrought

thought       ought

thorough     borough

MyMaths  - Statistics - line graphs

Week Beginning - 27.04.26

Spellings - adverbials of time

yesterday         tomorrow

later                immediately

earlier             eventually

recently          previously

finally             lately

MyMaths  - Two way tables

Week Beginning - 04.05.26

Spellings - adverbials of place

nearby             everywhere

nowhere          inside

downstairs       outside

upstairs           underneath

behind             somewhere

MyMaths  - Measuring acute and obtuse angles

Week Beginning - 11.05.26

Spellings - words with the 'ear' sound spelt 'ere'

sincere               interfere

sphere                adhere

severe                persevere

atmosphere        mere

hemisphere         austere

MyMaths  - properties of 3D shapes